Ngā Pao me ngā Pakiwaitara a te Iwi Māori, PA146

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Year
1955
Reference
55859
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1955
Reference
55859
Media type
Audio
Duration
00:15:40
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Williams, Ulric, 1910-2008, Narrator
Hiruharama School (N.Z.), Performer

Ngā Pao me ngā Pakiwaitara a te Iwi Māori, "Song and Story of the Māori." Short Wave Radio Broadcast.

Programme introduction and narration by Ulric Williams. A chant used when the Aotea canoe sighted Aotearoa and a haka of thanksgiving. Story of the arrival of the kumara from Hawaiki. An old chant [oriori or lullaby] on the coming of the kumara called "Po po" thought to be carried by the Mātaatua Canoe.

A short history of the naming of Whakatāne, when the Mātaatua arrived in the Bay of Plenty. A short history of the Kurahaupō canoe and two reasons why their occupants are scattered over a wide area of the North Island of Aotearoa.

A closing song by Hiruharama School, "Haere rā e hoa mā'.